There’s no better place than home, they say, and this fits like a glove for both Ilioupoli and Trikala, who have collected almost all their points on home soil. The hosts, Ilioupoli, will look to bounce back after two straight defeats in the hands of Ionikos and Diagoras, two defeats that were actually somewhat…weird and especially the latter one, against Diagoras, which was a very popular fixture betting wise; actually, it was by far the most popular in the previous round and the money generated was way above the usual, but Ilioupoli, who were supposedly the hot favorite, lost and that sort of raised a few eyebrows (not mine, but whatever rumor was out, it proved to be false). Before that loss Ilioupoli has 3 straight home wins and as mentioned above, its what they heavily rely on for another successful season; last season they only suffered 3 home losses in 17 games.

As for newly promoted Trikala, they are surely a weaker side and one that will fight till the very end for survival. They’ve gotten off to a rather rocky start in the season, with a coach being sacked out of nowhere despite the first good results and despite the team sitting at 10 points currently, which is certainly not a bad harvest. Again though, we are talking about a team that heavily relies on home; in their four trips so far this season, Trikala have yet to score a goal and only managed a scoreless draw at Panthrakikos.

Given form, which is something I for the most part have as my number one factor, I can’t say that Ilioupoli are rock solid, however, this is the Greek league we are talking about and form, a lot of times, is basically thrown at the window. Ilioupoli are bound to get something back after those two losses at Ionikos and Diagoras and this feels like the ideal situation, against a weaker Trikala side that also happen to be even more poor on the road. The current 1,80 available isn’t exactly…gold, just about fair enough and under the circumstances worth a good shot. Discuss this pick in the BA forum

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